Vehicle Production Engineer (m/f/d)

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG; Augsburg; Hybrid; EUR 50.000 - 62.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Atmosphere: life in a dynamic NewSpace

Flexible working hours

Home office: 1 day per week for some,

Health: wellbeing programs

Paid Time Off: 30 days

Zusammenfassung

Rocket Factory Augsburg AG in Augsburg, Germany, seeks a Stage Assembly & Integration Technician (f/m/d) to support prototype development and time-critical test campaigns on the manufacturing floor. The role will release vehicle production documentation and coordinate with teams to ensure builds meet specifications and timelines.

The successful candidate will drive process improvements, apply lean techniques, and take responsibility for composites integration work with engineering teams, while

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical/Production Engineering, Aerospace, or related technical disciplines.
• At least 1 year in a manufacturing environment in a technical role; aerospace experience desirable.
• Self-driven, structured, and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of lean manufacturing and production engineering practices.
• Experience with composites manufacturing processes and prepreg, VRI, sandwich structures.
• Experience creating work instructions for manufacturing, machining and assembly.
• Familiar with tooling solutions for composite manufacturing and planning assemblies.

Aufgaben

• Release and manage vehicle production documentation including BOMs across the life cycle.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to meet specs and schedules.
• Develop new processes and tools to connect teams and reduce admin overhead.
• Interface between Vehicle and Production; implement cost-reduction improvements and better controls.
• Oversee composites integration activities with the Composites Development and Vehicle Design teams.

Kenntnisse

English proficiency

Lean manufacturing

Documentation & work instructions

Structured, independent work

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Production Engineering or related

Tools

Siemens NX

ERP/MES systems

CAD tools

Jobbeschreibung

At Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA), we have one clear goal: to create low-cost, flexible, and reliable access to space. We specialize in building small launch vehicles designed to deploy satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond. Together with you, we aim to revolutionize space services and help improve life on Earth. Sounds interesting? Then join our journey and become part of the team driving the New Space movement in Europe.

About the Team

Our international and agile team is looking for support from a motivated person as a Stage Assembly & Integration Technician (f/m/d). This is your opportunity to be closely involved in the challenging development of prototypes and time- and cost-critical test campaigns. Do you enjoy working in a committed, dynamic, and international environment? Do you want to revolutionize space travel in New Space? Then you've come to the right place.

Your Tasks

• Responsible for the release and management of vehicle production documentation including BOMs for the entire vehicle, and overseeing our vehicle through its life cycle on the manufacturing and assembly floor
• Work across the business with your colleagues in Supply Chain, Quality, Production and Operations to ensure all aspects of the vehicle are built to specification and on time
• Develop new processes and toolsets to better connect our teams, reducing administrative overheads for Production whilst providing more insights into how our vehicles are built
• As the main interface between Vehicle and Production, deliver further reforms such as part industrialisation, increased quality controls and continuous improvement of work practice with a specific eye oriented at cost reduction
• Take responsibility for composites integration activities whilst working hand-in-hand with the Composites Development and Vehicle Design Engineers

Your Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical or Production Engineering, Aerospace, or related technical disciplines
• At least one year’s experience in manufacturing environments in a technical role, additional time served in other aerospace or engineering industries is desirable (one year or more)
• Self-independent, a structured way of working and committed to working in a fast-paced environment
• Transferable knowledge of a production engineering environment including lean manufacturing techniques
• Experience in Composites Manufacturing Processes including prepreg, VRI, and sandwich structures
• Experience in creating work instructions for manufacturing, machining and assembly of composite parts
• Knowledge of tooling solutions and processes for composite manufacturing
• Fair knowledge of manufacturing processes, how to organize work activities and tasks for industry, and management of assemblies. Pre-existing knowledge of spaceflight and rockets is desirable
• Experience with CAD tools required, that with ERP or MES and business intelligence platforms desirable
• Experience with Siemens NX is desirable
• Fluent oral and written English skills (all day-to-day activities are performed in English)

We offer

Atmosphere: Experience life in an international & dynamic New Space start-up

Flexibility: Fit your working schedule to your needs with flexible working hours

Home Office: Full-time employees benefit from 1 day per week home office

Health: Sweat, stretch or squat it out with EGYM Wellpass

Paid Time Off: 30 days annual leave and special leave days

RFA Family: Join regular company and team events

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Join RFA and help build one of Europe’s most efficient launch systems. Work alongside 300+ colleagues from over 40 countries and take ownership from day one.

If you’re looking to grow, take responsibility, and contribute to making space more accessible, we’d love to hear from you.